Ilia Ivanovitch Alekseyev

Ilia Ivanovitch Alekseyev (18 June 1772-3 October 1830) was a Lieutenant-General in the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic Wars.

Biography
Ilia Alekseyev was born in 1772 to a family of Russian provincial nobility from Moscow, and he served in the Imperial Russian Army as a sergeant during the Russian Empire's 1788-1790 war with Sweden. After the war, he served in the horse guards, and he took part in the 1790 capture of Izmail from the Ottoman Empire. In 1799, he became a colonel and chief of police in Moscow, and he led this police regiment (converted into a hussar regiment) at the Battle of Eylau, the Battle of Guttstadt-Deppen, and the Battle of Friedland before being promoted to Major-General in 1809. He was decorated for his service in the Finnish War of 1808-1809, and he also distinguished himself at the battles of Polotsk, Chashniki, and Smoliani during Napoleon I's 1812 invasion of Russia. He was seriously wounded in the leg during the German campaign of 1813, and he recovered in time to command a dragoon division in 1814. In 1815, he distinguished himself at the Siege of Metz, and he was rewarded with a promotion to Lieutenant-General. He died in 1830.